Robert Rufus Bridgers (November 28, 1819 – December 10, 1888) was a
Confederate
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politician during the
American Civil War
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.
Biography
Bridgers was born in
on November 28, 1819.
He graduated from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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in 1841.
He served in the state legislature in 1844, and again from 1858 to 1861.
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He married Margaret Elizabeth Johnston on December 12, 1849.][
He represented the state in the ]First Confederate Congress
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and the Second Confederate Congress
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from 1862 to 1865.
He died in Columbia, South Carolina
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on December 10, 1888.[
]
See also
*Bridger family of Virginia
The Bridger family of Virginia is notable to American history. Relevant figures include Joseph Bridger and Jim Bridger, as well as some less-known contributors to American colonial, pioneer, and Civil War history.
Joseph Bridger
The foremost pr ...
*Joseph Bridger
Joseph Bridger (baptized February 28, 1632– April 15, 1686) emigrated to the Virginia colony from England where he became wealthy and known for supporting Governor William Berkeley and his successors. As would his namesake grandson and se ...
*Jim Bridger
James Felix Bridger (March 17, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was an American mountain man, Animal trapping, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was ...
References
1819 births
1888 deaths
Bridger family
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from North Carolina
People from Edgecombe County, North Carolina
North Carolina lawyers
Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
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